Armed Female Short Hair Handgun Aiming Forward E-Backer Target [19" x 38"]

SKU: EKZ-008
Sale price$2.49

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Armed Female Short Hair Handgun Aiming Forward E-Backer Target

An armed female threat with a trained stance and grip. It lets instructors check whether trainees slow down when the armed subject is a woman, and it presents a narrower torso than the male targets.

What the Trainee Has to Work Out

Her stance is balanced and her grip is clean. This is a subject who knows how to shoot. The slight frame gives a narrower chest than the male figures, and the shirt graphic sits just under the heart.

Training Purpose

A capable female threat for decks that are otherwise male. It checks whether shooters slow down or soften their response when the armed subject is a woman. In a mixed deck it is one of the figures that must be engaged.

Skills Reinforced

  • Responding to an armed female subject without hesitation
  • Holding precision on a narrower torso
  • Shot placement in the cardiac box and head circle
  • Shoot / no-shoot decisions in a mixed course of fire
  • Looking at the hands before the face

Kill Zones: 4-Inch Head Circle and 10-Inch Cardiac Box

Two kill zones are printed on this target. Both are placed on this figure's own anatomy, not at fixed spots on the paper, so they sit where the organs are.

  • Head circle. A 4-inch circle on the face. Its center is at eye level on the bridge of the nose and its bottom edge sits on the upper lip. Concentric 3-inch, 2-inch and 1-inch rings are printed inside it, and the 1-inch ring serves as the X-ring.
  • Cardiac box. A 10-inch square that starts at the base of the neck and covers the upper chest, centered on the heart. It holds 8-inch, 6-inch and 4-inch squares, and the innermost 4-inch square is the heart box.
  • Faint by design. The lines are... ...

Armed Female Short Hair Handgun Aiming Forward E-Backer Target

An armed female threat with a trained stance and grip. It lets instructors check whether trainees slow down when the armed subject is a woman, and it presents a narrower torso than the male targets.

What the Trainee Has to Work Out

Her stance is balanced and her grip is clean. This is a subject who knows how to shoot. The slight frame gives a narrower chest than the male figures, and the shirt graphic sits just under the heart.

Training Purpose

A capable female threat for decks that are otherwise male. It checks whether shooters slow down or soften their response when the armed subject is a woman. In a mixed deck it is one of the figures that must be engaged.

Skills Reinforced

  • Responding to an armed female subject without hesitation
  • Holding precision on a narrower torso
  • Shot placement in the cardiac box and head circle
  • Shoot / no-shoot decisions in a mixed course of fire
  • Looking at the hands before the face

Kill Zones: 4-Inch Head Circle and 10-Inch Cardiac Box

Two kill zones are printed on this target. Both are placed on this figure's own anatomy, not at fixed spots on the paper, so they sit where the organs are.

  • Head circle. A 4-inch circle on the face. Its center is at eye level on the bridge of the nose and its bottom edge sits on the upper lip. Concentric 3-inch, 2-inch and 1-inch rings are printed inside it, and the 1-inch ring serves as the X-ring.
  • Cardiac box. A 10-inch square that starts at the base of the neck and covers the upper chest, centered on the heart. It holds 8-inch, 6-inch and 4-inch squares, and the innermost 4-inch square is the heart box.
  • Faint by design. The lines are thin and printed in a light tone. You can see them when you walk up to score. From the firing line they disappear, so the shooter aims at a person and not at a shape.

The torso is narrow, so the 10-inch cardiac box runs close to the edges of the body and the inner 6-inch and 4-inch squares matter more for scoring. Score it the way your course of fire requires. Hits inside the outer lines count, and the inner squares and rings let you tighten the standard as shooters improve. The Range Manual explains how T-box, cardiac box and A/C scoring zones compare, and when to shift from the cardiac box to the head.

Cut to Fit the E-Type Backer

Most printed targets are rectangles that have to be folded or cut to fit a silhouette backer. This one is already cut to the E-type shape: 19" x 38", made to mount on the standard 19.5" x 40" E-type backer used on military and law enforcement ranges. The person on it is printed to fill that outline, so what the shooter sees downrange is a human figure and not a sheet of paper.

The figure is printed life-size. Heads, shoulders and hands are the size they are on a real person at that distance, so sight pictures and hold-offs carry over.

Instructor Notes

Run it right after a male shoot target on the timer. Compare first-shot times between the two. Mix it with the no-shoot and hostage designs so the shooter never knows what the next facing will be.

Who This Target Is For

Range masters, academy instructors and unit trainers who use E-type backers, and civilian instructors with silhouette stands who want armed figures that look like people an officer would meet.

Product Details

  • Size: 19" x 38", die-cut to the E-type silhouette
  • Fits: standard E-type backers (19.5" x 40")
  • Figure: life-size
  • Kill zones: 4-inch head circle with 3-, 2- and 1-inch rings; 10-inch cardiac box with 8-, 6- and 4-inch squares
  • Paper: heavy, durable stock with a matte finish, so there is no glare under range lights
  • Printed in full color on one side
  • Price: $2.49 each. Volume pricing on quotes runs from 5% off at 50 targets to 30% off at 5,000. Request a quote
  • SKU: EKZ-008
  • Made in the USA

Related E-Backer Targets

A course of fire needs armed threats, no-shoots and hostage problems side by side. These five come from across the E-backer line:

See all 48 designs in the E-Type Silhouette Targets collection, or browse Scored Shooting Targets and Shoot / No-Shoot Decision Targets. For agency programs, see police qualification targets and courses of fire and silhouette targets from the B-27 to life-size figures.

The same decisions on a 24" x 36" scenario sheet: CQB Home Defense Hostage – Woman Armed Forward Presentation Shooting Target, Anatomical Frontal Handgun Threat Vital Zone Shooting Target and Grocery Store Parking Lot Armed Approach – Public Threat Interception.

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